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" Who'd like to change your lot; Who've spunk enough to travel Beyond your native spot, And leave behind the village Where Pa' and Ma' do stay, Come follow me and settle In Michd-gan-ia. "
New England in the Life of the World: A Record of Adventure and Achievement - Page 63
by Howard Allen Bridgman - 1920 - 393 pages
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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Volume 11

Education - 1891 - 1362 pages
...incite the timid " to have mettle hearts." The following stanza will illustrate their cheering quality : Come all ye Yankee farmers who wish to change your...where pa and ma do stay, Come follow me and settle in Micbigania — Yea, yea, yea; in Michigania. This tide of immigration, of course, soon swept Michigan...
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Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of ..., Volume 2

United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1894 - 1204 pages
...school boys were singing: Come, nil ye Yankee farmers who wish to change your lot, Who've spunk euough to travel beyond your native spot, And leave behind the village where i>a and ma do stay Come follow mo and settle in Michigan!*. In 1830 preemption rights to the public...
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History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Samuel W. Durant - Kalamazoo County (Mich.) - 1880 - 761 pages
...to many readers of the present day: " Come, all you Yankee farmers Who'd like to change your lot j Who've spunk enough to travel Beyond your native spot,...pa and ma do stay ; Come, follow me and settle In Miohi-gan-ia, " I've hearn of your Penobscot, Way down in parts of Maine, Where timber grows in plenty,...
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Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2

Michigan Historical Commission - Michigan - 1880 - 766 pages
...county) over forty years ago. I. Come, all you Yankee farmers who would like to change your lot, Who have spunk enough to travel beyond your native spot, And leave behind the country where pa and ma doth stay, Then come and make your fortune in Michigania. II. 'Tis you that...
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The New England Bibliopolist, Or Notices of Books on American ..., Volumes 4-6

Local history - 1887 - 440 pages
...seemed as if all New England was coming. A song, the first stanza ol which we quote, was widely sung : " Come all ye Yankee farmers who wish to change your lot, Who've spunk enough to travel heyond your native spot, And leave hehind the village where Pa and Ma do stay, Come lollow me and settle...
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Congressional Serial Set, Issue 3389

United States - 1896 - 1178 pages
...in 1825, began the hegira from New England, where the school boys were singing: Come, all ye Taiikeo farmers who wish to change your lot, "Who've spunk enough to travel beyond your nativo «put, And leave behind tho village wluero pa and ma do atay Come follow me and nettle in MicMgania....
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Report of the Federal Security Agency: Office of Education, Volume 2

United States. Office of Education - Education - 1896 - 1182 pages
...completion of tho Erie Canal in 1825, began the hegira from New England, where the school boys were ringing: Come, all ye Yankee farmers who wish to change your lot, Who've spuuk enough to travel beyond your nulivo spot, And leave behind tho village where j>ji aud ma do atay...
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The Expansion of the American People, Social and Territorial

Edwin Erle Sparks - United States - 1900 - 480 pages
...hundred people. The first stanza of a song circulated in the eastern states to induce migration runs: Come, all ye Yankee farmers who wish to change your...where pa and ma do stay; Come, follow me and settle In Mlchiganla. check it. When those who had come over sent back letters descriptive of the opportunities...
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History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries, Volume 1

Dwight Goss - Grand Rapids (Mich.) - 1906 - 944 pages
...Welcome to Michigan. Song of the Immigration Excitement of 1837. Come all ye Yankee farmers Who'd like to change your lot; Who've spunk enough to travel...Pa' and Ma '.do stay, Come follow me and settle In Michd-gau-ia. I've hearn of your Penobscot, Way down in parts of Maine Where timber grows in plenty,...
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History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries, Volume 1

Dwight Goss - Grand Rapids (Mich.) - 1906 - 814 pages
...Welcome to Michigan. Song of the Immigration Excitement of 1837. Come all ye Yankee farmers "Who'd like to change your lot; Who've spunk enough to travel...Pa' and Ma' do stay, Come follow me and settle In Michd-gan-ia. & I've hearn of your Penobscot, Way down in parts of Maine Where timber grows in plenty,...
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